The Basics
Event: Roanoke XC Invitational
Location: Salem, Va. | Green Hill Park
The Lead: The top five runners for the Maroons all established personal-best 6K times as Roanoke placed eighth overall at Green Hill Park in Salem.
 
Highlights:

• Roanoke tallied 252 team points to finish in eighth place overall and fourth among Division III programs in the 6K race.
• Savannah Reid again led the way for the Maroons with a mark of 24:35.3, shaving over 24 seconds off the personal-best time that she set just two weeks earlier at Lehigh's Paul Short Run. She finished in 68th place and tallied 44 points.
• Sarah Kochanski eclipsed her previous PR by 49 seconds, clocking in at 24:52.3 to place 75th and score 46 points.
• Susanna Price completed the race in 25:07.8, placing 82nd and logging 52 points. Allie Gallaher's time of 25:22.2 was good for 86th place and 53 markers.
• Alaina DeFelice rounded out Roanoke's scoring with a mark of 25:47.9, earning 57 points and placing 91st overall.
• Evelyn Magee finished just behind DeFelice, landing in 92nd place at 25:49.9. Lauren Murray came in 106th with a time of 27:23.9.
• Division I schools claimed the top three spots. Liberty won the race with 32 points, followed by East Tennessee State and Radford. The Flames' Katrina Schlenker was the top college finisher, producing a time of 20:47.0.
• Lynchburg, Washington and Lee, Pfeiffer and Division II squad Emory & Henry finished fourth through seventh.

Head Coach Derek Workman:
"Really proud of our women – top five all with lifetime bests. We had a top five average today more than a minute faster than at any race last fall. Sarah Kochanski had a breakout race today for us. Training has been going well, and it's showing each and every week."

Workman on the Green Hill Park course:
"Conditions were excellent today. The newly revamped course is fast. The ground was hard. We had tons of compliments from athletes, coaches and spectators on the new design and how much they liked it. As long as the weather holds up, ODACs should be a fast one!"
 
Up Next: Roanoke will play host to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference championship at Green Hill Park on Saturday, Nov. 2.